On Tuesday, January 18, the Bull Shoals City Council met for the monthly council workshop to discuss items for the regular city council meeting next week. Aldermen David McBee, Chuck Kinler, Daryl Lindman, Joey Grede, Dino Giannini, David Nixon, mayor, and Tina Bailey. Kirby Davenport’s absence was excused by the mayor.
Yellville-Summit School District will be CLOSED, Friday, January 21, 2022, due to inclement weather. AMI Day #2. Campus will be closed. There will be no… Login to continue reading Login…
Bull Shoals Police Chief Jim Kuchenbecker has announced his retirement, bringing an almost 38-year career in law enforcement to a close. He has been Chief in Bull Shoals for seven years.
The Marion County Sheriffs Office will conduct “Shop with a Cop” during the week of December 13. Heith Hogan will coordinate of the logistics of collecting the donations.
Mountain Home– Since our last update on January 5, active COVID-19 cases in Baxter County have nearly doubled to 357. As of today, there are 20 COVID-19 patients admitted at Baxter Regional, with 6 in ICU and 3 on ventilators. A record high of 80 Baxter Regional employees has active COVID-19, and all those employees are at home and in isolation, per our COVID-19 policy.
After hearing about Omicron for weeks, it’s finally made its way to Arkansas and is quickly spreading throughout the state. From January 5 when the state had 38,154 active cases, the virus has escalated to 71,132 active cases on January 12. There have been 116 deaths in that week.
RUSSELLVILLE- Arkansas Tech University has announced its Dean’s List for undergraduate students on its Russellville campus for the fall 2021 semester. A student must achieve a 3.5 grade point average or higher and complete at least 12 hours of college-level coursework to be named to the Dean’s List.
Add garden fresh flavor to your meals year-round. Grow a few of your favorite herbs indoors, harvest and enjoy.
Feral pigs are widely considered to be the most destructive invasive species in the United States. They can do remarkable damage to the ecosystem, wrecking crops and hunting animals like birds and amphibians to near extinction. “Generally, an invasive species is detrimental to one crop, or are introduced into waterways and hurt the fish,” said Dale Nolte, manager of the feral swine program at the Department of Agriculture. “But feral swine are destructive across the board and impact all sectors.”
It is hard to describe the feelings and emotions you have watching an old companion you have raised from a puppy make his last retrieve. Unable to see now, Bolt, my 12-year-old chocolate Labrador, had put his nose into the wind and found the mallard drake that had flown out into a nearby field and dropped stone dead. It was under knee high grass where I could never have found him, but Bolt did, scenting the duck from 30 yards away.